Device for checking the draft in fires



(No'ModeL) J. H, DRAKE.

DEViOE FOR CHECKING THE DRAFT IN 'FTRES. No. 255,424, v Patented Mar. 28,1882

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. DRAKE, OF WARREN, OHIO.

DEVlCE FOR CHECKING THE DRAFT IN FIRES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 255,424, dated March 28, 1882.

Application filed January 16, i882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, JOHN H. DRAKE, of Warren, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Checking the Draft in FirePlaces; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a device for checking the draft in a fire-place, also to obviate the necessity of covering the fire with ashes, by means of placing a plate or its equivalent before the grate. This plate is adapted to close the lower portion of the fire-place so as to exclude all air from that direction. It is also arranged that the fire may be regulated by means of a. damper that is attached to the tire-check.

Heretoi'ore it has been necessary to allow the fire to burn down so as to decrease the heat in the room, and it. wasimpossible to keep the fire burning any considerable length of time without attending to it.

With my improvement the grate can be filled full of coal and the fire-check connected with the grate, the damper regulated, and a slow fire will be had.

Figure 1 represents, in front elevation, a fire-placewith my device attached to the grate. Fig. 2 is a rear view of my device, showing the hook by which the plate is connected with the grate. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of my device in position to be lowered upon the hearth. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, showing one manner of connecting the plate to the grate.

A represents the plate, which may be made of any metallic material, and of aform to suit the grate to which it is tobe attached. It

may be made of any ornamental character, the face of it being decorated and the top and sides trimmed to suit the taste of the producer.

To allow the plate A to rest upon the base of the fire-place so as to exclude all air from below, slots or depressions a may be cut in the plate, so as to avoid any obstruction that may be attached or rest upon the slab. As shown in Fig. 3, the slots a are designed to pass over the sides of the ash-pan.

Small draft-openings or dampers B are attached to the plate A to regulate the ingress of the air when the plate is in use. more of these dampers may be used.

One or When it is desirable to have the fire low the plate Ais secured to the upper bar of the grate by means of: the book 0 or its equiva-- lent. The damper B may be opened a trifle, so as to allow a little air to pass in to keep the fire alive.

When it is desired to increase the energy of the fire the plate A maybe used as a tender.

JOHN H. DRAKE.

Witnesses:

WILBER J. DRAKE, W. ADAMS. 

